erode的词源

英文词源

erode

erode: see rostrum

erode (v.)

1610s, "gnaw or eat away" (transitive), a back-formation from erosion, or else from French éroder, from Latin erodere "to gnaw away, consume," from assimilated form of ex- "away" (see ex-) + rodere "gnaw" (see rodent). Intransitive sense "become worn away" is by 1905. Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830.

中文词源

erode：腐蚀，风化

e-, 向外。-rad, 刮，磨，词源同raze, rodent.

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